[X Newbies] File that wont trash or be moved

[Randy B. Singer]

G.M. HADLOW said:

>I have a file that was partly downloaded from the web and cancelled as it
>was taking too long. It is on the desktop. I want to trash it but it wont
>go! A message comes up "The item is being used by another task right now...
>I am desperate for a solution.

See:

http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html 
Item# 19

Download MuchoFileInfo (free)
http://www.muchosoft.com/fileinfo.htm

and change the file type to "text".  You should then be able to trash the 
file normally.

Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

Most of the people I know use Macs, and it feels like we¹re a privileged 
minority, though the odd thing is that, unlike Mercedes¹ or BMWs, they 
are not significantly more expensive than the competition. Why does 
anybody use anything else?  -Douglas Adams